Hay-loader



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.F. LUTHER.

HAY LOADBR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK LUTHER, OF NEW'CARLISLE, INDIANA.

'HAY-LOADQERL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,187, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed June 8, 1886. Serial No. 204,508. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK LUTHER, a citizen of the United States, and'aresident of New Oarlisle, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new, and useful-1m provenients in Hay-Loaders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is an end elevation ofrn'y improved hay-loader, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the same, taken on line 00 00.

Like letters ofreference indicate like parts in the two figures.

My invention has relation to endless-belt hay-loaders; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the axle of the truck; B, the wheels of the same; 0, hanging bearings rigidly secured to the axle just inside of the wheels; D, a roller journaled in the lower ends of said hear- I ings; E, flanges at the ends of said roller; F,

teeth projecting in longitudinal rows-from the cylindrical. surface of said roller; G, rakingteeth secured to the axle; H, retaining-strips secured to the upper side of the axle; I, side pieces of the elevator-frame; J, pulleys journaled on a shaft extending across the upper end of said frame; K, the endless belt with cross-slats L; M, means forattaehing the loader to a wagon or hay-rack, and N, legs for supporting its forward part when detached therefrom.

The raking-teeth are attached to the axle by passing their upper ends up through perforations near the rear edge thereof, then bending them forward and passing them down through perforations near the front edge, thus giving to each tooth a U-shaped upper end. The endless belt passes around the roller D and the pulleys J ,and receives its motion from said roller,whose flanges roll upon the ground, and

in the progress of the machine receives and u elevates the hay as it is picked up by the teeth on the roller and gathered by the raking-teeth, the retaining-strips serving to keep the hay to said belt tillit has fairly started on its course up the elevator.

I am aware that hay-loaders have been constructed with an endless belt passing over a roller at each end of a frame, the lower roller being provided with a flange at each end, which rolls upon the ground and operates the device; and, also, that the frame has been supported upon an axle having wheels at each end and provided with teeth and an extra belt for imparting motion to the elevator-belt from the driving-wheels; but in all of these the strain of first elevating the hay comes upon the teeth of the elevator,which is apt to break or strain the belt, and I do not claim such construction broadly, but

I claim and desire to 'secure'by Letters Pat the toothed roller and the pulleys on said shaft,

the retaining-strips H, the legs N, and the means M,for attaching the loader to the wagon, all constructed and combined to operate substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of twolwitnesses.

FRANK LUTHER. Witnesses:

JEREMIAH H. SERvIoE, JNo. O. DAVIS. 

